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    onomatopoeia

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Linguistics, Literature
    on·o·mat·o·poe·ia /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːə $ ˌɑːn-/ noun [uncountable] technical  SLthe use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example ‘hiss’ or ‘boom’ 拟声法，拟声，象声 —onomatopoeic adjective
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    onomatopoeia• The phonetic sequences involved in either onomatopoeia or sound symbolism are clearly not to be considered semantic constituents.• This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia - it is sometimes called sound symbolism: there is no question of auditory resemblance.    Origin onomatopoeia (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma “name” + poiein “to make”
    on·o·mat·o·poe·ia nounChineseSyllable
    like that the of sound words thing Corpus that the use


    onomatopoeia
    on‧o‧mat‧o‧poe‧ia /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːə $ ˌɑːn-/ noun [uncountable] technical
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Late Latin
     Origin: Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma 'name' + poiein 'to make'
    the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example ‘hiss’ or ‘boom’
    —onomatopoeic adjective


    ono·mato·poeiaBrE /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːnəˌmætəˈpiːə/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) the fact of words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe, for example hiss; the use of words like this in a piece of writing 象声；拟声；拟声法

    alliteration, euphemism, figure of speech, hyperbole, image, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox

    ▸ ono·mato·poe·ic BrE /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːnəˌmætəˈpiːɪk/ 🔊 adjective◆Bang and pop are onomatopoeic words. bang 和 pop 是拟声词。🔊🔊